Saturday, 5 April 2014

Lawyer Alaina Simmons never imagined that she would be defending her deceased father against accusations of terrorism when she agreed to protect his legacy, a group of documents he'd placed with an archives. FBI Lawyer Donovan Prentice insists that her father and the organization he worked for were terrorists and that crucial evidence is in the documents Alainia has sworn to protect. Now she is forced to combat the FBI and her compelling attraction to Donovan Prentice while she is unaware that she is also Donovan's suspect.

Special Agent Donovan Prentice is working undercover posing as a lawyer in an attempt to gain access to the evidence he needs to convict a group of terrorists as well as determine if Alaina Simmons is working with them. Things become complicated when he becomes more interested in getting his suspect in bed than putting her in jail. When the bullets start to fly and the lies begin to unravel Alaina and Donovan begin to explore their intensely sexual relationship, but the couple will have to learn to trust each other both in and out of bed before the terrorists' game of intrigue can end.

Tuesday, 1 April 2014

Welcome to my writing
process but first I want to thank the incredibly talented M.Q. Barber for tagging me in the Writing Process Blog Hop. M.Q writes, what I like to call, intelligent erotica and shouldn't be missed!

What am I working on now?

I am
working on my third book although it is the second book in the Marsh Brothers’ Series, Inescapable. There are three brothers, Jordan, Ian and Trevor. They
have established a successful e-commerce corporation which dominates electronic
payments system around the world and as a result they’ve become extremely
wealthy. Unfortunately for the brothers they have found that although money holds so many benefits, it has also effectively isolated them from forming relationships. The first story, Relentless, is about Jordan who manages to hide his wealth from the woman he loves while plotting to seduce her. Inescapable is Ian's story. Ian initially loved the attention that his new fortune brought him, but
his cynicism grew as he realized his popularity with women was more about his
money than anything else. He reacts by dating numerous women but never for long. Until one night he meets a woman in a bar and takes her home on a Saturday night only to meet her across a boardroom table the following Monday. This woman doesn't want him for his money, she doesn't want him at all. At least that what she says...

How does my work differ from
other of its genre?

Well,
I admit, I do like standard romantic tropes, but don’t we all? When reading
romance readers already know how the story ends, it’s the journey that’s important to us. What I've set out to do is create fun, easy
to read stories with hot and steamy sex. You see I don’t believe you have to have a dark tortured past to have
hot and dirty sex. In fact, it just the opposite. Relationships need to be filled with laughter
to grow, not pain and angst. So it’s laughter and fun that I bring to these stories. The men in my stories are strong but the women are fully equipped to handle them. Above all, no one loses their sense
of humor, whether they’re shot at, kidnapped or almost run over.

My Writing Process

I wish
I could tell you I write an outline chapter by chapter and then I write my
story, but I just don’t. I start with a
story idea and then do some research and then I begin letting my imagination go. I
start creating the characters and thinking about their strengths and weaknesses.
In my head I have a general idea about where the story is going but often the
characters end up taking me places on their own. I frequently get stuck and suffer writer’s block
but eventually I work my way through.

Finishing is just the beginning because the next step is to write a second draft and then it’s passed onto my critique partner. She tells me what she likes and doesn't like and
then there are more drafts to follow. Many drafts later a final product emerges
after much struggle and suffering. It kind of reminds me of having a baby but instead of a baby you've created a book!

Why do I write what I do?

I’ve
always loved reading romance since it’s like falling in love every time you
read a book. It just seemed like a
natural extension to start writing my own stories and I found bringing your
characters to life has its own magic.
When you have a reader tell you that they wanted to jump into your story
and join your characters you know you've accomplished something pretty special.

The Writing Blog Tour continues…..

I’ve
tagged the lovely and talented Krystal Shannon, best known for incredible Vegas
Mates Series.

Romance author, Krystal Shannan, lives in Texas and
is married to the love-of-her-life. They have a spunky young daughter who
believes in fairies and keeps them both on their toes.

Krystal professes to loving shoes, but avoids
wearing them at all costs. She is a SyFy geek at heart. Anything and
everything that has to do with magick, supernatural, or paranormal is her cup
of tea. Which, by the way, she drinks by the gallon.

If she’s not curled up on the couch with her laptop
creating sinfully delicious stories with just a splash of humor, she’s probably
watching movies like Underworld, X-Men, or even Die Hard (nothing wrong with a
little action, right?). She doesn’t think so.